It is a life saver on a long flight. My total combined flights to jordan added up to just over 12 hours of flight time and thats not counting my layovers. Plus the Flight Attendants dig the iPod also. One flight attendant was thinking about buying one and after using mine for a little bit she made a decision to deffinately buy one. I pointed her to the iPodlounge, so maybe she will visit.

*phew* t-slice u just saved me a lot of trouble of worrying about breaking my iPod when flying. It’d be logical for them to work at those heights cause i mean, lots of people listen to music while flying…

I posted this in another topic, but I am honestly interested in what AAC sounds like if outputted not via the iPod’s analogue outputs but through a digital line out, say through a soundcard.

I output high-bitrate VBR MP3s using the Digital Line Out from my Archos to my Onkyo system and they sound fantastic. Seriously. One of the reasons I avoided the iPod was because of its lack of support for digital I/O. For me all the sounds get kind of mushed coming through an analogue microphone output.

I don’t want to have to re-encode all my stuff at some point in the future… sooner or later Apple will bring out an iPod with digital line out and then I might buy one. So it’s good to get a handle on what AAC sounds like now. Better than VBR MP3? Worse? The same?

Someone, thank you for being honest. I am glad to see that I am not the only one who thinks its an XP problem. While many think that XP nailed device management, they are wrong, XP is probably the worst at it.

On their website, Apple recommends using the AAC format to conserve battery life. Also, tests have shown that a song compressed at 96kps in AAC format sounds better than the same song compressed at 128kps in mp3 format.

I see from the articles at the top of the page that the iPod can withstand very hot temps but i was wondering how high in the air can you take it? the instructions to my 15 gig said that you cannot play it above 10,000 ft. is that true, cause i want to take it on a jet with me but i dont want to screw it up. It should be fine though shouldnt it because the cabin is presurized and stuff right? has anyone else taken it on a jet with them?

“using them with anything bigger than a computer loudspeaker or a pair of headphones is pointless, it just doesn’t sound that good.”

I output high-bitrate VBR MP3s using the Digital Line Out from my Archos to my Onkyo system and they sound fantastic. Seriously.

Is it true that the iPod only provides analogue output? That could be why your music loses fidelity on larger systems. Try a high-bitrate lossy VBR file using digital outputs sometime and you may change your mind about psycho-acoustical compression!

I’ve got MiniDisc coming out my ears - NetMD walkman, MDLP deck in my truck, and one of the few 5CD/1MDLP decks made by Sony (the changer deck is particularly well built IMO). I loved it, and to a point still do, but hate a lot of the limitations - and Sony has been ZERO help in working with the Macintosh community. Though I must say the MDLP deck in the truck (augmented by the cd/mp3cd changer) is pretty slick!

My new 17” G4 and 30gb iPod are waiting for me when I get home in a week. I’m trying not to drool on my keyboard. And I’ll shelve the MD walkman - won’t get rid of my MD stuff ‘cause I think it’s a neato format, but I completely recognize the advantages the iPod will have in SO many ways. I travel a lot for work - so the G4/iPod combo will be radically better than the iBook/firewire drive/MD walkman + discs option.

Too bad Sony had to be so proprietary. A fantastic opportunity just wasted.

Well I can tell you that only after owning my ipod for a couple of months, it is still one of the best investments I have ever made. It took me awile to make a decision to buy one also. But once I found the iPod lounge and listened to the members, I started wanting one bad! My iPod has not shown any problems. The battery life is as advertised. I use mine about 3 hours a day and I charge it about every three days. I am currently holding 600 songs (with room for 6900 more….yeah boy).

Some good things about owning the iPod:

When your sitting there and you get a song running through your head…...it’s probably on your iPod or soon will be:)

Provided you have alot of songs…....just put it on shuffle and rock on and on and on and….you get the idea.

Throw a party…...Hook up the iPod to the stereo….and then take requests.

When a friend comes up to you and says….man do you remember that one song and it goes like this…..and he starts to sing and you say….you mean this one and show it to him on your iPod. (then he will want one).

You forget what songs you put on your iPod….
You’ll be sitting there listening to your iPod, and all of a sudden a great song will play that you forgot you put on your iPod.

And finally….if you get your iPod…..there is no other joy than opening the box and knowing….that you are about to have the power to carry 500….1000….3000….5000…7500 songs anywhere you go…..yeah boy. So I hope this way to long post helps you out. Lets us know what happens. And keep visiting ipodlounge…..you can learn alot about the iPod from here. Good Luck.